Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-07-09
A "KICK."
Protest Against Building the Court
House and jail.

HOUSE ana JUL.
Major Standish of Nelson county, was
before the board of county commissions
ers yesterday morning to enter pro-
test against the building ofa court house
and Jail in Devils Lake. lie represents
Messrs. Lamorcaux and Flynn, of the
town of Odessa, who appear to have
found or to have been shown some rca-
son why Ramsey county shouldn't have
safe and permanent place for her
records. There seems to he no good rca-
son why Major Standish OF Nelson conn
ty shouldn't take Il hand in this Ramsey
county matter, haying succeeded so we'll
III inducing the Dakota legislature tu
pass Il law governing the pine lands OF
Minnesota. The major says il the court
house is built in Devils Lake il will ht
built with private capital. and not With
, the funds voted June 2Slll by 202 mai or
! ity. However. court house stock is still
above par. The document filed with tho
board by the major is in substance as
! follows:
j. G. l.amore,uX and Wn,. w. FLYNN,
|
payers of the county of Ramsey. now
come and protest against your body do
claring the special election held in said
county by the citizens thereof for the
purpose of determining whether this
board should bc authorized to construct
n court house and Jail. was carried in
favor of said proposition, and against
| said expenditure, or amy part thereof
for or OH behalf OF said county, for tho
following reasons:
First-'rhat rs IL matter of fact, the ma
.jority of the votes actually east ut sait
election were against said proposed cX
! pcnditurc.
Sccond-Tlat no votes ut said election
can be counted in favor of said proposed
expenditure, for the reason that tho as
scssment OF tax necessary to be levied
and to be voted did not accompany any
of the ballots cast ut said election in favor
of said expenditure, nor was there ever
any proper notice thereof such as thu
case required under tho statute. ever
published or posted in said county prior
to the day of such election, to-wit: The
tax duplicate as it then stood was less
election and the ballot cast thereat should
have provided to mako q special annual
levy of Il rate not to exceed two mills on
the dollar; whereas, the only notice pub
lished limited any such special levy to
Onr mill on the dollar or less, while nC
amount or rate was voted on any ticket
or tickets or ballots cast ut said election
| wherefore there was no vOt0 whatever
cast on said day cast in sald county tt
authorize said proposed expenditure.
Third-FOr Othor reasons apparent on
tho face of the record.
The foregoing scrced reads just lik'
I cno cf Snurl-u, Ia.iuicpu
IT is even more replete with tecEnicality
than the cilusons put forth by the com
missioner. The MAJORS opinion is bolC
even to the point of rccklcssncss. The
record shows that tho majority for cour
house ana Jail was 2O2; the major finds
"as matter Of fact,' that tho ,najsrit,
is the other way. Sparks would scarccl,
go so far as this without cndeavoriny t,
show where "thc matter of fact" wa
located.
Further along the major says that Z" III
votes at said election can be counted il
favor of said proposed expenditure
This reminds us ofthe Irishman who go,
into Jail and sent for an attorney. Th'
attorney, after talking to his client, said
"Wcll, they can't put you in Jail 70
that "Bejabbers," replied the Irish
man, "they can put mo in Jail; am il
jail" The votes in favor Of the cour
house can bo countcd-they have bocn
counted.
Once more. The major says in hi
opinion that the ballots should have pro
vidcd for two mills, whereas they onl,
provided for one mill. Tho major con
tradicts himself. In one place he say
the ballots and published notices didn'
show what amount was to be levied, AM
in another he says: "Whereas the Onl,
notice published limited any such specia
levy to one mill"
The major takes the bun, however, il
the last clause of his complaint. II,
says: "FOr other reasons apparent il
the face Of the record The major no
only deals in technicalitics and self con
tradictiOns, but also resorts to guess
} work. "For other reasons" isn't InucI
of a cause for complaint or ground fol
cOntesting an honest election which
shows large and insurnoun.able ma
jority.
Whereupon the opinion of Majo
Standish is hereby reversed, and the cas-,
goes to the county board who have sens,
enough to build a court house withou
the assistance of Major Standish Yer
Gum, sd1, s0picnti. Glitter dictum. Fuisu
IN Mnunl (dLsus in omnibus. a bird il
the hand is worth two in the bush ant
don't you forget 1t.